Immortalize your favorite friend forever with a professional pet portrait. The portrait artists listed here use a variety of materials and techniques and there's sure to be one that would be the perfect choice to turn your pet's photo into a work of art.
All the website owners have also included their favorite pet portraiture tips.
Beautiful Pet Portraits - UK artist Julie Palmer creates paintings from photos of your dog, pet or loved one in pastel or oils. Working from photographs, portraits can be commissioned no matter what the distance.
If you're ordering a pastel portrait, make sure it's framed behind glass as soon as possible to avoid smudging. I suggest not using fixative spray as this discolours the pastel.
Pet portraits and affordable pet drawings by Australian animal artist Rotty. Petpawtrait.com specializes in custom pet art, animal art, original pet gifts and dog and cat drawings from your photos.
When photographing pets the lighting and focus are the two most important things. Firstly use natural light, avoid using a flash at all costs, not only for the "red eye" effect but it also often scares your pet. Second, take a close up shot, using a sharp crisp focus.
When painting a pet portrait it is important to get a feeling for the personality of the animal in question. By meeting the animal yourself and taking your own photographs as well as looking at those provided by the owners you will be able to produce a more realistic and characterful portrait of a pet.